The Road To The Revolutionary War JOHN ABBOTT II HOUSE
Hours: Saturday and Sunday: Noon - 5 p.m.
The John Abbott II House was built circa 1730. The house has a very interesting Revolutionary War story. The following is from Helen Almy West's history of Hamilton Township, written in 1954:
"It was in the latter part of the year 1776, and the British were advancing upon Trenton. Samuel Tucker, the State Treasurer, hearing of the British advance, wanted to save the State's money and his own. On November 30, 1776 he took his personal effects and those of the estates of which he was executor, along with the unsigned public money, to the home of John Abbot. The British arrived in Trenton on December 3, 1776, and on that day Mr. Tucker took the signed public money amounting to more than fifteen hundred pounds, and a thousand pounds he held in trust, and secreted it with other moneys in the Abbott home. The British were told of the hiding place by a Mrs. Mary Pointing, of Trenton, and she led a detachment of British troops, about five hundred strong, to the house of John Abbott. They raided the house and captured Tucker's black trunk, containing deeds, etc. and the unsigned paper money.
ISAAC PEARSON HOUSE
Open occasionally for tours and events.
This house, which was built in 1773 was the home of Isaac Pearson, [2] who served in 1775 as a delegate to the New Jersey Provincial Congress which had been formed to superceed the Royal Governor. Pearson served as a delegate from Burlington County. At that time this area was part of Burlington County. There were only 13 NJ Counties then, and Mercer County did not yet exist.[3]
A sign on the door states that "two days after the Battle of Trenton, in 1776, Isaac Pearson was murdered. Some accounts say he was murdered during a robbery; others say he was murdered for not fully supporting the cause of Independence." [4]
The Road To The Revolutionary War
JOHN ABBOTT II HOUSE
Hours: Saturday and Sunday: Noon - 5 p.m.
The John Abbott II House was built circa 1730. The house has a very interesting Revolutionary War story. The following is from Helen Almy West's history of Hamilton Township, written in 1954:
"It was in the latter part of the year 1776, and the British were advancing upon Trenton. Samuel Tucker, the State Treasurer, hearing of the British advance, wanted to save the State's money and his own. On November 30, 1776 he took his personal effects and those of the estates of which he was executor, along with the unsigned public money, to the home of John Abbot. The British arrived in Trenton on December 3, 1776, and on that day Mr. Tucker took the signed public money amounting to more than fifteen hundred pounds, and a thousand pounds he held in trust, and secreted it with other moneys in the Abbott home. The British were told of the hiding place by a Mrs. Mary Pointing, of Trenton, and she led a detachment of British troops, about five hundred strong, to the house of John Abbott. They raided the house and captured Tucker's black trunk, containing deeds, etc. and the unsigned paper money.
ISAAC PEARSON HOUSE
Open occasionally for tours and events.
This house, which was built in 1773 was the home of Isaac Pearson, [2] who served in 1775 as a delegate to the New Jersey Provincial Congress which had been formed to superceed the Royal Governor. Pearson served as a delegate from Burlington County. At that time this area was part of Burlington County. There were only 13 NJ Counties then, and Mercer County did not yet exist.[3]
A sign on the door states that "two days after the Battle of Trenton, in 1776, Isaac Pearson was murdered. Some accounts say he was murdered during a robbery; others say he was murdered for not fully supporting the cause of Independence." [4]
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